diff --git a/x/evidence/client/cli/query.go b/x/evidence/client/cli/query.go
index bf74325f949f..e40465a84b9a 100644
--- a/x/evidence/client/cli/query.go
+++ b/x/evidence/client/cli/query.go
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@ $ %s query %s --page=2 --limit=50
 			),
 		),
 		Args:                       cobra.MaximumNArgs(1),
-		DisableFlagParsing:         true,
 		SuggestionsMinimumDistance: 2,
 		RunE:                       QueryEvidenceCmd(),
 	}
diff --git a/x/evidence/client/cli/tx_test.go b/x/evidence/client/cli/tx_test.go
index a32532420c66..a7d626bf0e24 100644
--- a/x/evidence/client/cli/tx_test.go
+++ b/x/evidence/client/cli/tx_test.go
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 	"testing"
 
-	svrcmd "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/server/cmd"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 	abci "github.com/tendermint/tendermint/abci/types"
 	tmbytes "github.com/tendermint/tendermint/libs/bytes"
@@ -17,6 +16,9 @@ import (
 	coretypes "github.com/tendermint/tendermint/rpc/core/types"
 	tmtypes "github.com/tendermint/tendermint/types"
 
+	"github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/client/flags"
+	svrcmd "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/server/cmd"
+
 	"github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/client"
 	"github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/crypto/keyring"
 	clitestutil "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/testutil/cli"
@@ -99,6 +101,21 @@ func TestGetQueryCmd(t *testing.T) {
 			"evidence: []\npagination: null",
 			false,
 		},
+		"all evidence (json output)": {
+			[]string{
+				fmt.Sprintf("--%s=json", flags.FlagOutput),
+			},
+			func() client.Context {
+				bz, _ := encCfg.Codec.Marshal(&sdk.TxResponse{})
+				c := newMockTendermintRPC(abci.ResponseQuery{
+					Value: bz,
+				})
+				return baseCtx.WithClient(c)
+			},
+			"",
+			`{"evidence":[],"pagination":null}`,
+			false,
+		},
 	}
 
 	for name, tc := range testCases {